The stardates of these stories place the series beginning during DS9 Season 4, just after Nog arrived at Earth (in DS9: "Little Green Men") and continue until a point in DS9 Season 6. The Star Trek: Starfleet Academy characters also appear in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine comics "Command Decisions" and "Day of Honor". Several canon characters and concepts were included in the stories, but much of the history and details were devised solely for these stories.